Feb 06

Maryland Black Bass Tournament Permits

A black bass tournament permit is required if all of the following conditions apply:

• The tournament has 10 or more boats participating.

• The tournament has a specific location where fish are weighed, measured, counted or otherwise entered.

• The tournament provides anglers an offer, reward or incentive for catching black bass.

Tournament catch data from these tournaments will be used to assess catch trends, estimate resource usage, and evaluate the value of black bass fishing to state and local economies. Detailed summaries of these data will be provided to registered tournament directors each year.

For tidal bass information and tournament registration, go to www.dnr.maryland.gov/fisheries/bass. The application deadline is either 15 days prior to the tournament if the contest will have between 10 and 50 boats. The deadline is 30 days prior for tournaments with 50 or more boats.

Jan 01

2013 Cabela’s Angler Cash

Cabela’s Angler Cash Program

Read the requirments and sign up today, then be sure to follow the requirements when fishing in qualifing tournaments.

Remember that you must sign up each year. A lot of you have left money at the ramp, don’t let it happen in 2013!

Program requirements as well as a link to the on-line registration form can be found at this page.

Sep 24

Budget Law Will Freeze Sport Fish Restoration Fund

Unprecedented move will impact economy and fisheries conservation

Alexandria, VA – September 24, 2012– On September 14, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released its recommendations for budget cuts that include withholding parts of the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund, a move that would have a significant impact on fisheries conservation and the jobs it supports. OMB’s action was triggered by the failure of the Congress and the Administration to enact a plan to reduce the deficit by $1.2 trillion, as required by the Budget Control Act of 2011. Continue reading

Sep 21

Rodriguez and Delaware Sweep Mid-Atlantic Division to Earn Championship Titles

Rodriguez and the Delaware state team have led it from start to finish at the 2012 Mid-Atlantic Division Championship presented by Lowrance on the Potomac River.  Two days ago, 84 TBF anglers launched out of Small Wood State Park in Marbury, Md., with hopes of becoming this year’s Mid-Atlantic Division Champions.  But, for most, the goal was earning a piece of the pie, a slot at the 2013 Federation National Championship.  14 TBF anglers advanced today.  They will meet next spring at the national event to compete for their share of over $200,000 in cash and prizes and the “Living the Dream” prize package.

Dan Rodriguez from Monkton, Md., had a five bass limit weighing 12lbs 5ounces making his tournament total 40lbs 10ounces.  “I started off in low water working my homemade jig with a red havoc pitboss as a trailer,” Rodriguez said.    “The crawfish had a lot of red in their claws, and so I put on that red trailer and worked with it.”  Rodriguez has fished with the homemade jig for 10 years, and this year it’s won him back to back tournaments out of the Chesapeake Bay and now the division championship.  “It has a lifelike fall; when it lifts up off the bottom it just glides like a crawfish.  I’m telling you it’s a deadly jig.” Continue reading